Medical device maker Medtronic is spinning off two business units to try to drive higher growth. The market isn’t impressed. In theory, it should be. Spinoffs are supposed to streamline operations of...
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Buy Merck And Eli Lilly
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP The coming week is post options expiration week in October. The histogram below tells us that this week has a bearish tinge. S&P 5...
With $3.1 Trillion In Debt Due And Rates Rising, Corporate Borrowers Find Themselves Fighting The Fed
$3.1 trillion of U.S. corporate debt is coming due over the next three years. getty Talk about bad timing. For three S&P 500 members, F5, IlluminaILMN , and NordsonNDSN , 40% or more of their debt...
Midterm Elections And Historical Stock Market Performance
trying year continues to drag on for investors with the DJIA down over 15%, the S&P 500 down over 20% and the Nasdaq Composite down over 30%. By any measure, this has been a brutal bear market for...
Is The Stock Market In For Three Lost Decades?
January 1970: The Pacific Coast Stock Exchange, Pine Street, the centre of the financial area for … [+] San Francisco. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) Getty Images There’s a theory in behavio...
September Inflation Figures And Savers See Silver Lining For Rising Rates
Getty Images TL;DR • Inflation figures for September have been released and prices have risen by 0.4% for the month • This brings the annual rate down slightly to 8.2% from 8.3% in August • Rates are ...
JPMorgan Report Earnings Today. What to Expect.
JPMorgan Chase will kick off the third-quarter profit-reporting for the big banks on Friday, and Wall Street is looking ahead to the numbers with tempered expectations. Speaking at a CNBC conference t...
Inflation Spiked 8.2% In September In ‘Nightmare Scenario’ For Fed
Topline As the threat of prolonged inflation threatens additional rate hikes tanking sectors of the market, consumer prices rose 8.2% in the 12 months ending in September—slowing down for a third cons...
Cathie Wood Warns Against Extreme Fear Of Innovation Gripping The Market
The famed stockpicker is doubling down on her favorite “disruptive innovation” stocks despite a market drubbing. Jamel Toppin/The Forbes Collection Undeterred by the market selloff this year, Ark Inve...
S&P 500 And Nasdaq Post New 2-Year Lows After Fed Signals Higher Unemployment May Be Necessary To Tame Inflation
Topline Major indexes fell for a sixth straight day and closed at their lowest level in more than two years on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve doubled down on its aggressive interest rate hiking ...
Stocks Are Now 25% Below The Peak. Should You Buy Or Should You Sell?
With the market 25% below its peak, the time to sell may be over but it does not mean that it’s time … [+] to buy either. If you have trimmed positions, good for you. If not, seek a profes...
Researchers Expect Midterm Elections To Boost U.S. Markets, Here’s Why
As American votes on November 8, 2022. What’s the expected market impact? Researchers have found a … [+] surprising effect. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo credit should read FRE...
When Will The Bear Market End For Stocks?
2022 has been a terrible year for investors, when might the bear market end? (Photo by Bryan R. … [+] Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images 2022 has be...
Polestar Reported Strong EV Deliveries. Why the Stock Fell.
The latest delivery results from Polestar Automotive look solid, while the outlook for deliveries is even better. Investors seemed to be pleased before the September jobs number tanked the stock marke...
Bitcoin registers modest gains as equities tick lower to close the quarter: this week in markets
Cryptocurrency was somewhat of an oasis of calm last week, while traditional markets were volatile. Bitcoin was up about 1% over the past week at $19,229, while ether lost a little more than 1% and w...
Three Rules For Successful Bear Market Investing
Bear markets aren’t any fun LightRocket via Getty Images The markets are ugly: through the first three quarters of 2022, the S&P 500 is down nearly 24%, and the bond market, usually a safe h...
Healthcare And Biotech Outperform As Recession Fears Heat Up
Stocks fell sharply in September to this bear market’s new lows. Getty Images September lived up to its billing as a lackluster month for the stock market, as the S&P 500 lost another 9.1% t...
Stock Market Enters Dangerous ‘TARA’ Regime
Stock Market AFP via Getty Images As the bleed-out in stocks continues, the bearish mood sweeps Wall Street. Last week, Morgan StanleyMS reiterated their earnings recession call. They predict stocks a...
The Stock Market Is Reeling. How It Could Stop Falling Next Week.
Text size The S&P 500 is down 23% from its January peak. Getty Images After one of the worst weeks for the stock market in 2022, two factors could swing the market over the next few days and set i...
The Stock Market Is Reeling. What to Watch This Week.
Text size The S&P 500 is down 23% from its January peak. Getty Images After one of the worst weeks for the stock market in 2022, two factors could swing the market over the next few days and set i...
Oil Plunges To Lowest Level Since January—Here’s Why Experts Say Low Prices Won’t Last
Recession fears and a stronger U.S. Dollar both continued to weigh on oil prices. Hasan Jamali/Associated Press Oil prices continued to tank on Friday, posting a fourth straight week of declines and f...
Don’t Expect the Stock Market to Rally, Even if GOP Wins Control of Congress
The outcome of the midterm elections on Nov. 8 could disappoint investors, regardless of which party they support. According to Wall Street lore, stocks usually perform strongly following the midterms...